"He's stopped somewhere," said Jess. "Well, Artie, you have one more guess. What kind of crackers would no one care to eat—and it has to do with Fourth of July, remember."
"Huh, firecrackers," Artie guessed confidently. "That's easy."
Jess admitted that he was right.
"But if I hadn't told you about the Fourth, you never would have guessed it," she told him.
It was decided that Fred was to ask the next riddle, and he was ready.
"Polly," he said slowly, "what kind of a candle never stands still?"
"A revolving one," Polly answered, speaking before she thought.
Naturally Fred demanded to know what a revolving candle was and Polly had to confess that she didn't know.
"It might be in a lantern," contributed Jess helpfully, but Fred discarded this answer as "silly."
"Well, two more guesses won't help me," Polly declared. "So I'll give up. What kind of a candle never stands still, Fred?"